Don't You Wish You Were A Newfie Too?

For those of you that have suspected .. and those that have always known.

I'm sure you know some folk that you can impress with all this great knowledge! If you're a Newfie, you should be proud! If you aren't a Newfie.....I bet you wish you were!

Here are a few tidbits of information that you may never have known before:

WE WERE. . . . .

The first province to respond to Titanic distress signal

The first to vaccinate for smallpox

The first to host a transatlantic flight

The first to have wireless communication in the world

The first place to discover proof of the theory of continental drift

WE HAVE. . . .

The oldest street in North America

The oldest city in North America

The oldest rock in the world

The oldest continuous sporting event (Regatta Day rules! ) #

The largest university in Atlantic Canada

~ the most pubs per square foot in Canada (George Street) #

~ the longest running radio program in North America

~ caught the world's largest invertebrate (giant squid)

WE ARE. . . . . .

~ the funniest people in Canada (ask anybody)

~ the sexiest people in Canada (MacLean's magazine survey)

~ the only Province that has four identifiable flags

~ the only Province able to land the space shuttle (Stephenville)

~ the most giving people in Canada (Stats Canada)

~ the most sexually active people in all of Canada (what else are we gonna
do!!)

A NEWFOUNDLANDER. . . . .

~ built the world's first artificial ice arena

~ invented the gas mask

~ was once governor of northern Rhodesia

~ was with Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg

WE ARE THE ONLY PROVINCE TO HAVE IT'S OWN. . . . . . . .

~ encyclopedia

~ dictionary

~ pony

~ dogs

~ cultural publication

By reading this, you now know more about Newfoundland than. . well, almost
everyone! Let all your friends and let them know what a great place the Rock really is! If you are a proud Newfie. . . you will definitely send this along to others . . and if you are not a Newfie. . . you would probably wish you were!

This of course came from a HomeGrown Newfoundlander - naturally

**poster note: I can neither confirm nor deny the accuracy of the above statements. Although I am pretty sure that the bragging rights on the number of pubs per square foot is accurate.

‎"The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
Lt. Ray McCormack, FDNY

‎"The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
Lt. Ray McCormack, FDNY

I thought that St Augustine Fl was the oldest city in North America,being founded by the Spanish in the 1400s.But I learned that from a leading Petty Officer from there right at eval time so he could have hadan undue influence on my thinking at the time.

Visited Grand Banks once on a research boat I was on, beautiful place, nice people. Spent a week sailing in one of the fjords (Bay D'Espare ??), amazing scenery, waterfalls everywhere. We climbed the one behind me in the pic.

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